Meditating on the WORD

Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the LORD

And on HIS law he MEDITATES day and night.

He shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

In Hebrew culture, meditating was to quietly repeat the Scriptures in a soft, droning sound, while utterly abandoning outside distractions.  I love the idea of utterly abandoning outside distraction.  How often do we choose to really do this?  For me, I must get up early while it is quiet and the demands of my day have not started.  As I began to read Psalm 1 this morning, I noticed there was a reward to delighting in the law of the Lord and meditating on it.  The word says that we would be like a tree planted by streams of water, bringing forth seasonal fruit, no dead leafs, everything prospering.  That is what I want, I want to delight in the law of the Lord and become just like HIM.  I want to be so close to my Father that His will is my will, His thoughts my thoughts, where He is working, I will naturally be working.  

I am meditating on pursuing relationship with Father above all else, all other distractions, falling so much in love with him, that it would be natural for my life to grow and bloom.  What do I need to get rid of to take away distractions?  Where do I need to discipline myself that I get time to meditate on His word, to sit still in His presence? 

Oh Abba, that I would wake up and be like you, that I would long for the quiet still moments, listening, meditating, growing, blooming, looking like you...I want more and more of YOU!